The BBC has gotten the approval to launch its own on-demand TV network online …

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The BBC, like some other online news networks, has been approved to launch its own online on-demand TV network, and it's looking for feedback from Mac users. BBC Trust chair Diane Coyle told Macworld UK that "Our view is that the BBC's new on-demand services are likely to deliver significant public value, and should be allowed to proceed, but subject to certain conditions in order to reduce the potential negative market impact."

Under the current proposal, the BBC would make use of Microsoft-based technologies that many Mac users find themselves frustrated with on occasion—particularly if there's DRM involved, which there would be in this case. The BBC Trust wants the BBC to be able to offer its content to end-users, regardless of platform. This would mean that there will have to be some solution put into place that not only accounts for Mac users, but Linux users as well. This, however, all depends on demand.

The results of feedback that the BBC gets from Mac users from its online survey will likely determine if there will be Mac support upon launch. The survey asks questions about consumer interest in the service as well as how it would affect non-Microsoft-software users. If you want to be able to watch BBC's online newscasts when they start going live, be sure to take the survey and make your voice heard!

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Jacqui Cheng
Jacqui is an Editor at Large at Ars Technica, where she has spent the last eight years writing about Apple culture, gadgets, social networking, privacy, and more. Emailjacqui@arstechnica.com//Twitter@eJacqui